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The eight-day Israeli assault on Gaza has resulted in $300 million in
economic damage, a Palestinian Chamber of Commerce report concludes.
The document also calls for the Gaza Strip to be recognized as an
economic disaster area.

­The report covered damages to the agricultural, health and social
sectors. The occupied territory’s agrarian segment suffered $120 million
in damage. The eight-day halt to economic activities resulted in $40
million lost. The rest of the sum comes from destroyed buildings and
infrastructure that was impaired by Israeli airstrikes, Xinhua reported.

To
deal with the disastrous economic consequences of the raid, the report
calls for a lift of Israeli restrictions on Gaza in accordance with the
truce that ended the operation on Wednesday.